Mary Bates, PhD

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Lizards Need Social Lives, Too

Photo: Kupos, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license.Social isolation, especially early in life, can be disastrous for birds and mammals. But what about lizards? They were long-assumed to be asocial and behaviorally ‘simple.’New research shows even lizards might benefit from an early environment rich in social interaction.Read Lizards Need Social Lives, Too.